Título: China Room - a Novel
Autor: Sunjeev Sahota
Sinopse: LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE "Sunjeev Sahota's new novel follows characters across generations and continents...Heart-wrenching." --Entertainment Weekly "An intimate page-turner with a deeper resonance as a tale of oppression, independence and resilience." --San Francisco Chronicle A transfixing, powerfully imaged (USA Today) novel about two unforgettable characters seeking to free themselves--one from the expectations of women in early 20th century Punjab, and the other from the weight of life in the contemporary Indian diaspora Mehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. Married to three brothers in a single ceremony, she and her now-sisters spend their days hard at work in the family's "china room," sequestered from contact with the men--except when their domineering mother-in-law, Mai, summons them to a darkened chamber at night. Curious and strong willed, Mehar tries to piece together what Mai doesn't want her to know. From beneath her veil, she studies the sounds of the men's voices, the calluses on their fingers as she serves them tea. Soon she glimpses something that seems to confirm which of the brothers is her husband, and a series of events is set in motion that will put more than one life at risk. As the early stirrings of the Indian independence movement rise around her, Mehar must weigh her own desires against the reality--and danger--of her situation. Spiraling around Mehar's story is that of a young man who arrives at his uncle's house in Punjab in the summer of 1999, hoping to shake an addiction that has held him in its grip for more than two years. Growing up in small-town England as the son of an immigrant shopkeeper, his experiences of racism, violence, and estrangement from the culture of his birth led him to seek a dangerous form of escape. As he rides out his withdrawal at his family's ancestral home--an abandoned farmstead, its china room mysteriously locked and barred--he begins to knit himself back together, gathering strength for the journey home. Partly inspired by award-winning author Sunjeev Sahota's family history, China Room is at once a deft exploration of how systems of power circumscribe individual lives and a deeply moving portrait of the unconquerable human capacity to resist them. At once sweeping and intimate, lush and propulsive, it is a stunning achievement from a contemporary master. Acabamento: Hardcover. Peso: 360g. Dimensões: 21.34 x 14.48 x 2.29.
Contexto da obra
Dentro do catálogo, este livro pode ser situado a partir do tema, da autoria e da proposta editorial. “China Room – a Novel”, de Sunjeev Sahota, publicado pela editora Viking Press, em 2021 e com 256 páginas, integra a categoria Romance - Estrangeiro. Esse enquadramento pode tornar mais clara a proposta do livro e o tipo de interesse que ele costuma despertar.
Editora: Viking Press
Páginas: 256
Ano: 2021
Edição: 1ª EDIÇÃO
Linguagem: Inglês
ISBN:
ISBN13: 9780593298145
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Viking Press apresentam uma variedade que vai do relato histórico detalhado a narrativas ficcionais com ritmo acelerado e elementos tecnológicos. O catálogo inclui biografias densas e premiadas, que exploram figuras complexas com riqueza documental, ao lado de tramas de suspense e aventura ambientadas em cenários contemporâneos ou históricos. A linguagem varia entre o rigor informativo e o tom mais dinâmico e envolvente, oferecendo tanto obras mais densas quanto outras com ritmo mais ágil e tensão crescente. Essa diversidade sugere um público que aprecia tanto o aprofundamento em temas reais quanto a imersão em histórias de ação e mistério.
